Khan Academy Software Engineer interview experience

I opted into the project route, and then I had a conversation centered on my code and the technologies I used before moving forward. The later rounds tested core algorithm and data structure knowledge rather than anything overly broad.

Round two felt more straightforward, focusing on fundamentals like binary trees, and the interview went well enough to keep me moving. Round three stepped up into data structures plus recursion, and I couldn’t get all the way through the problem without help, even though the interviewers were kind and offered hints when I was stuck. Across the sequence, the